Absattar Baghysbaiuly Derbisali (15 September 1947 – 15 July 2021) was
Grand Mufti
A Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is a title for the leading Faqīh, Islamic jurist of a country, typically Sunni, who may oversee other muftis. Not all countries with large Sunni Muslim populations have Gra ...
of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
[Spiritual leader congratulates Kazakh Muslims on traditional holiday]
Kazinform He served as mufti from 24 June 2000 to 18 February 2013.
In February 2013, Derbissali resigned to continue his activity in science and education.
On February 26, 2013 Derbissali was appointed Director of Suleimenov Oriental Studies Institute.
Derbissali was a member of the Academy of Science of Kazakhstan. He was a Doctor of
Philology
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, a professor, an orientalist and a
diplomat
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. He held a diplomatic rank of the first class adviser.
Derbissali was the author of 400 theoretical articles and practical developments in the Arab language and literature, ancient periods of
Kazakh literature and
culture
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, Kazakhstan's spiritual connections with the Muslim countries of
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
, as well as the
history of Islam
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,
Quran
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and the sayings of
Muhammad
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.
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Pope John Paul the Second visits Kazakhstan
1947 births
2021 deaths
Islam in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani imams
Kazakhstani Sunni Muslims
21st-century imams
Supreme Muftis of Kazakhstan
People from Turkistan Region
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